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our negligence. We'll return the animal to you upon request if it has
<br />not already been turned over to a humane society or local authority.
<br />You must pay for the animal's reasonable care and kenneling
<br />charges. We have no lien on the animal for any purpose.
<br />2.14 WHEN WE MAY ENTER
<br />If you or any guest or occupant is present and gives permission to
<br />enter, then repairers, servicers, contractors, our representatives or
<br />other persons listed in (2) below may peacefully enter the apartment
<br />at reasonable times for the purposes listed in (2) below. Otherwise,
<br />the persons listed in (2) below may enter peacefully and at
<br />reasonable times by duplicate or master key (or by breaking a
<br />window or other means when necessary) if:
<br />(1) written notice of the entry is hand delivered to someone in the
<br />apartment or is left in a conspicuous place in the apartment at least
<br />48 hours before entry (or 24 hours before entry if entry is to show
<br />the apartment to prospective residents or purchasers at a specified
<br />time). No prior notice is needed in emergencies or situations when
<br />prior notice is impractical; and
<br />(2) entry is for: responding to your request; making repairs or
<br />replacements; estimating repair or refurbishing costs; performing
<br />pest control; doing preventive maintenance; changing filters; testing
<br />or replacing smoke-detector or carbon monoxide detector batteries;
<br />retrieving unreturned tools, equipment or appliances; preventing
<br />waste of utilities; exercising our contractual lien, leaving notices;
<br />delivering, installing, reconnecting, or replacing appliances,
<br />furniture, equipment, or security devices; removing or rekeying
<br />unauthorized security devices; removing unauthorized window
<br />coverings; stopping excessive noise; removing health or safety
<br />hazards (including hazardous materials), or items prohibited under
<br />our rules; removing perishable foodstuffs if your electricity is
<br />disconnected; retrieving property owned or leased by former
<br />residents; inspecting when immediate danger to person or property
<br />is reasonably suspected; allowing persons to enter as you
<br />authorized in your rental application (if you die, are incarcerated,
<br />etc.); allowing entry by a law officer with a search or arrest warrant,
<br />or in hot pursuit; showing apartment to prospective residents (after
<br />move-out or vacate notice has been given); or showing apartment
<br />to government inspectors for the limited purpose of determining
<br />housing and fire ordinance compliance by us and to lenders,
<br />appraisers, contractors, prospective buyers, or insurance agents. We
<br />reserve the right to refuse maintenance work if only a person under
<br />age 18 is present at the time of the scheduled work. Refusal to allow
<br />us or our agents or vendors to enter the unit after proper notice, if
<br />required, shall be a material violation of this agreement.
<br />2.15 MULTIPLE RESIDENTS OR OCCUPANTS
<br />Each resident is jointly and severally liable for all lease obligations.
<br />If you or any guest or occupant violates the Lease Contract or rules,
<br />all residents are considered to have violated the Lease Contract.
<br />Our requests and notices (including sale notices) to any resident
<br />constitute notice to all residents and occupants. In eviction suits,
<br />each resident is considered the agent of all other residents in the
<br />apartment for service of process. Security-deposit refunds and
<br />deduction itemizations of multiple residents will comply with
<br />section 1.4.
<br />2.16 REPLACEMENTS AND SUBLETTING
<br />Replacing a resident, sub-letting, or assignment is not allowed.
<br />Procedures for Replacement.If we approve a replacement resident,
<br />then, at our option: (1) the replacement resident must sign this
<br />Lease Contract with or without an increase in the total security
<br />deposit; or (2) the remaining and replacement residents must sign
<br />an entirely new Lease Contract. Unless we agree otherwise in
<br />writing, your security deposit will automatically transfer to the
<br />replacement resident as of the date we approve. The departing
<br />resident will no longer have a right to occupancy or a security
<br />deposit refund, but will remain liable for the remainder of the
<br />original lease term unless we agree otherwise in writing - even if a
<br />new Lease Contract is signed.
<br />2.17 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNER
<br />We will act with customary diligence to:
<br />1.Keep common areas reasonably clean
<br />2.Maintain fixtures, furniture, hot water, heating and A/C
<br />equipment;
<br />3.Substantially comply with applicable federal, state, and local
<br />laws regarding safety, sanitation, and fair housing;
<br />4.Make all reasonable repairs, subject to your obligation to pay
<br />for damages for which you are liable;
<br />5.Commence steps, within 24 hours after our receipt of written
<br />notice from you (except where circumstances are beyond our
<br />control), to restore hot or cold water, heat, electricity or to
<br />remedy situations imminently hazardous to life;
<br />6.Commence steps, within 72 hours after our receipt of written
<br />notice from you (except where circumstances are beyond our
<br />control), to remove or remedy a condition that deprives you of
<br />the use of a refrigerator, range and oven, or major plumbing
<br />fixture supplied by us; and
<br />Commence steps, within 10 days after our receipt of written notice
<br />from you (except where circumstances are beyond our control), to
<br />repair or remedy all other items for which we are responsible that
<br />are not described in (5) or (6) above.
<br />We have no duty to repair if the defective condition was caused
<br />by you, your guests, or others acting under your control, or if you
<br />unreasonably fail to allow us access to the apartment to make such
<br />repairs.
<br />You may not repair items yourself and deduct the cost of repairs
<br />from your rent unless you have fully complied with the statutory
<br />requirements for doing so. Under state statute, you must be current
<br />in your payment of rent (including utilities) before exercising any
<br />statutory or Lease Contract remedy.
<br />2.18 DEFAULT BY RESIDENT
<br />You'll be in default if you or any guest or occupant violates any
<br />terms of this Lease Contract including but not limited to the
<br />following violations:
<br />1.You don't pay rent or other amounts that you owe when due;
<br />2.You or any guest or occupant violates the apartment rules, or
<br />fire, safety, health, or criminal laws, regardless of whether or
<br />where arrest or conviction occurs;
<br />3.You abandon the apartment;
<br />4.You give incorrect or false answers in a rental application;
<br />5.You or any occupant, in bad faith, makes an invalid
<br />habitability complaint to an official or employee of a utility
<br />company or the government;
<br />6.You or any occupant is arrested, convicted, or given deferred
<br />adjudication for a felony offense involving actual or potential
<br />physical harm to a person, or involving possession,
<br />manufacture, or delivery of a controlled substance, marijuana,
<br />or drug paraphernalia under state statute;
<br />7.You or any guest or occupant engages in any of the prohibited
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